Edgar Filing: Martin Douglas L

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Martin Douglas L

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC [NWL]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Executive VP, CFO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC., 3 GLENLAKE PARKWAY

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/28/2012

(Street)

ATLANTA, GA 30328

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

⁽¹⁾

09/28/2012

13,000

⁽²⁾

Common Stock

13,000

$ 0

13,000

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Martin Douglas L C/O NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. 3 GLENLAKE PARKWAY ATLANTA, GA 30328			Executive VP, CFO

Signatures

/s/ Christine E. Hermann, Attorney in Fact for Douglas L. Martin		10/01/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contigent right to receive one share Newell Rubbermaid common stock.
(2)	The reporting person shall become one-third vested in the award when the Company's average closing stock price for any continuous 20 day trading period (the "20 Day Average Price") after the date of grant equals or exceeds $21.28, but no earlier than September 28, 2013; an additional one-third of the award shall vest when the 20 Day Average Price equals or exceeds $23.21, but no earlier than September 28, 2014; and the remaining one-third of the award shall vest when the 20 Day Average Price equals or exceeds $25.15, but no earlier than September 15, 2015. The reporting person will not receive dividend equivalents at the time any dividends are paid. Rather, all such dividend equivalents will be credited to an account for the reporting person, and will be paid only to the extent that the applicable performance criteria are met and the RSUs vest. Any portion of the award not vested as of September 28, 2019 shall expire.

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